Monday 30 October 2017

Weight Loss, In order to be great, you do have to get started...

After another one of my small group Personal Training sessions...

Luckily I have a group incredibly motivated to attend...

But say on a Friday morning, there is that end of the week feeling...

Your body is ready to wind down a little for the week end...

And in my exercise demo’s I give easier and harder options...

It’s funny but once the warm up is completed, suddenly things change, they can still pick the easier options- but they don’t!...

And then at the end, everyone is lifted and optimistic...

It’s only in its first month but I should have run this sooner!

In the short term I have had comments like 

“I feel like I already have more energy”...

“I can feel things have started and I only had to make a few changes”...

“If I keep doing this I will actually feel confident in a bikini”...

“Actually I broke this down cost wise and although it’s about heading to a result it’s only just over £10 per session”...

(That’s if they come to all of them, see what I did there?)...

I think that’s the difference, I never underestimate how hard it is to get started with something...

The motivation and commitment to it...

But it usually is the difference between feeling stuck and completely unable to change a situation no matter how much you want to...

To suddenly having a different outlook - to now being aware of what’s possible...

Introducing a few lifestyle habits that fit, that can be done with with a little help and support from others doing the same...

Or yours truly 😉...

Suddenly the outlooks different, yes I will tell it like it is- it has to be steady to work...

So many have come to me after trying the rapid loss thing and gaining it back...

But those in the know are seeing the short term results and know there are still enough weeks until Christmas to really make a difference...

And some are even focused on next summer!...

With a consistent plan and realistic lifestyle there won’t be a gaining back phase...

But that is the power of getting started, it’s not about being stuck any more, it’s about possibilities...

How the future is going to change for the better...

It doesn’t matter how small the things are that you have to do in the beginning, I’m sure you can list a few that you can do bit by bit...

The big question is: isn’t time you got started...

You don’t need to wait for a new year...

The best time is right now...

If you are wanting to get started head to www.loseandshapeupexpert.com

And click "get started now" for some free actionable tips to get you started...

Any questions, leave me a comment...

Thanks,
Ed.


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Monday 23 October 2017

How is Losing and Shaping different?

Is there any other subject that has as many myths as losing and shaping?...

Even after all these years that my mission has been to help people lose and shape and become altogether healthier...

A lot of these myths still exist...

Rather naughtily some entities like this to try and extract money from people that still believe them...

For instance in the gym I still see loads of people spending lots of time doing stomach exercises trying to tone the body fat on their stomach (which isn’t possible)...

Or those worried if they have shapely arms, legs, mid section it will turn into fat, if they don’t use it...

If you do the right exercises, at the right level of challenging at the right weekly amount, you probably have shapely muscle...

But no need to check your self quickly...

I said you probably have it, if your eating habits have the right balance and have done for long enough...

Then you can probably see it...

The two are separate, one works with the other... 

Body fat does two things in relation to ongoing calorie quantity...

It creeps on or creeps off, or stays the same or it steadily accumulates or is steadily lost...

Muscle depending if it’s used or not does two things, it shrinks or it grows...

And sorry to the ladies, although great for metabolism because of your hormonal balance, it’s unlikely to change very much, but needs working regularly to keep its shape and enable you to keep a fast metabolism...

But it won’t turn flabby if you don’t use it, but it will shrink and lose its shape and if you take on more calories than you need over time, body fat then creeps on and obscures your shape but fat and muscle don’t turn into each other either way...

But if you do your best to do muscle shaping exercise regularly and you get the eating habits balance right, then you will lose and shape.

Ed (aiming to keep avoiding shrinking and creeping) Stride.


You can do this.

Monday 16 October 2017

Is Something Stopping You From Losing Weight?


Maybe it’s a bit cynical of me, but the food industry at some point must have reached a decision point...

To either make food as nutritious as possible, super food that would combat lots of nasty illnesses...

Or make food taste and look as nice as possible so we buy as much of it as possible and even become addicts...

It would be great to know what they decided?...

In the UK there are numerous companies who’s advertising spend last year was nearly £10 million...

Coca Cola, Cadbury’s, Walker’s, Lucozade, Ferraro, Maltesers, Pepsi, M&Ms, Haribo...

All more than the governments alternative voice the Change4life campaign with little characters like morph telling us to watch out for hidden sugar...

But some of the figures are quite scary, the chief executive of the NHS has stated that obesity is in danger of  bankrupting the NHS and 1 in 5 children are considered obese and all these problems are steadily growing...

Just a little bit scary...

But if you are reading this then being healthier is something you already practice...

It’s a challenge but you already know that you can enjoy the unhealthy stuff as long as a balance is struck...

You know that how you look and feel now is relative to this also...

That your little ones observe your habits and copy, I never really mention it to the little ones but I am always humbled if they choose to copy healthy habits they have seen me practice...

But trying to be healthy is a challenge with adverts that usually state how much better and more interesting your life will be if you buy their product (actually could be were I am going wrong)...

Or those lunch time eateries stock piling their sugary wares in the window catching you at your hungriest and knowing that a coffee would get lonely on its own...

But if you are being mostly healthy in-spite of all this then know you are in the minority...

Or if you find yourself repeating unhealthy habits and they have got in your head already, yet you have some healthy goals and want to look and feel better and have good health, you could go here for help

www.loseandshapeupexpert.com

You can do this.

Ed

Monday 9 October 2017

Fast weight Loss!

That's usually how they entice you in...

"Fast Weight Loss"...

"Rapid Weight Loss"...

There are numerous low calorie diets on the market...

They know you want fast results...

I liken it to get rich quick schemes...

It's pretty obvious in a nutshell the main principle of weight loss is "eat less, move more"...

Which is partially true, unless taken to the extreme...

And I just don't see how low calorie diets are sustainable in regards to metabolism or being able to consume the amount of calories...

When calories are lowered significantly, we don't just lose fat, we lose muscle and water which explains the quick loss...

"Quick weight loss, that's great!” I hear you cry"...

The thing is if you lose water and muscle the number of calories you burn per day decreases...

Meaning even on a low calorie plan at some point results grind to a halt as the decreasing metabolism closes the gap on calories in and calories out...

Most would find a low calorie plan unsustainable and this is where someone with a slowed metabolism piles the weight back on...

I have mentioned it, I like my food, I couldn't think of anything worse than a restrictive thin air, dust diet...

I wouldn’t be too keen on the side effects either, dry mouth (I’m not that good at public speaking, I remember during one it felt like my tongue had glued itself to the roof of my mouth) diarrhoea or constipation, headache, cramps, hair thinning and they are just short term ones...

It’s all starts getting similar to malnutrition, the body needs all these  different nutrients for different reasons, without them the body starts shutting down certain things...

It’s about a balanced plan to steadily lose and exercising helps especially if you are recruiting big muscle groups; conserving the muscle you have (difficult even if you are trying to be healthily lighter) is key for maintaining a fast metabolism...

And when you exercise depending on the intensity and metabolic effect even in the short term you are burning calories!

If you have done these in the past and you find yourself back to square one or are doing the right things but are tempted to speed it up...

Just stay on that path you know works, a sensible long term approach to healthy eating where you just aim to look at what you enjoy eating now and make step by step healthier changes...

Of course there maybe blips, just except you are human and keep doing the things to keep making progress...

You can do this.   

Ed.

www.loseandshapeupexpert.com




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Tuesday 3 October 2017

When it comes to weight loss, do numbers make you happy?

I will let you into a quick little secret…
I use numbers to weigh people, fancy machines that tell me a lot more than just how much people weigh…
The only reason I use numbers is so I can measure change, to tell in the short term if the numbers are going in the right direction which is hard otherwise…
Because other wise, I’m one of those naive people (the children run rings around me) where you could say “yeah Ed I measured all my food out, my other half tried to feed me this cream bun and I resisted saying my body is a temple etc”…
And I would be nodding along exclaiming “that’s great, well done you!”…
Then I’d look at the numbers and then I’d start to doubt my own lifestyle science- measuring, body a temple then how do I explain these numbers?…
Despite leading incredibly busy lives the numbers help me see if those that I directly help are doing what they said they were going to and were willing to do…
An Accountability tool…
But do I want you dwelling on a number or set of numbers to feel better about yourself or happier?..
NO! Definitely not!…
Don’t get me wrong it’s a great feeling to see the numbers going in the right way…
After my thyroid problems when I felt I had no control it was great to see the numbers changing for the better…
The numbers changing allows you to see the progress you are making, sometimes we can physically feel the difference, but we need the numbers to confirm it…
But there are something’s you can’t put a number on, you will know when you get there because you will just reach an aesthetic goal that feels right to you, regardless of the numbers…
Being healthy, confident, strong and in control of everything…
Achievable with a system or set of habits that doesn’t involve high impact exercise or restrictive diets…
So let the right numbers tell you that you are making progress or need to do something different…
But to feel confident in your own skin,  to like what you see in the mirror, to have vitality, to keep up with your children, if you get to a point where you feel differently about yourself, your life can change.
Which can’t be measured with a number.
Ed